ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER: The secret life of our nation’s favorite president .. as history’s greatest hunter of the undead. When President Lincoln’s mother is killed by a supernatural creature, it fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers. Stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Rated R.

THE AVENGERS: Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Samuel L. Jackson) brings together a team of superhumans, The Avengers, to help save the Earth from Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and his army. Also stars Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow. Rated PG-13.

DAMSELS IN DISTRESS: A trio of girls set out to change the male-dominated environment of Seven Oaks college campus, and to rescue their fellow students from depression, grunge and generally low standards. Stars Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton. Rated PG-13.

DARK SHADOWS: An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp), is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection. Also stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jackie Earle Haley, Eva Green. Rated PG-13.

PEOPLE LIKE US: A man must deliver $150,000 of his deceased father’s fortune to a sister he has never met. Stars Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer. Rated PG-13.

TV on DVD

GET A LIFE: Chris Elliott’s loser still lives at home (with dad Bob Elliott of “Bob & Ray!”).

GROUNDED FOR LIFE: Donal Logue and Megyn Price play youthful parents in five seasons of Staten Island-set sitcom.